A child can't (even here in California) legally purchase pornography. Or cigarettes, or booze.
We've already instituted a rating system with video games, we've put warning labels on music, and that's still not working, apparently. Perhaps we should limit the purchase of these types of games to those over the age of 18, or something like that. Personally, I think it may work, but I also think that it's just another way to let the parents off the hook.
Since ice is crystalline, and crystals are inherently sharp, ice can easily damage any soft tissue.
There is research being done now that involves this neat little frog. The North American Wood Frog survives winter by freezing. It freezes during the cold, and actually thaws when the weather heats up. It can do this because of the excess of sugar stores in it's body.
Personally, I think that this is totally the way to go, so long as we can figure out a way to counteract the massive amounts of sugar we'd need to retain. It's all rather neat, imho. =)
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A child can't (even here in California) legally purchase pornography. Or cigarettes, or booze. We've already instituted a rating system with video games, we've put warning labels on music, and that's still not working, apparently. Perhaps we should limit the purchase of these types of games to those over the age of 18, or something like that. Personally, I think it may work, but I also think that it's just another way to let the parents off the hook.
Since ice is crystalline, and crystals are inherently sharp, ice can easily damage any soft tissue.
There is research being done now that involves this neat little frog. The North American Wood Frog survives winter by freezing. It freezes during the cold, and actually thaws when the weather heats up. It can do this because of the excess of sugar stores in it's body.
Personally, I think that this is totally the way to go, so long as we can figure out a way to counteract the massive amounts of sugar we'd need to retain. It's all rather neat, imho. =)